Heard a Gaye Bykers track on radio 6 the other day.Sounded pretty good 'n' fierce.
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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 1 May 2011, 2:26,
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Saw them live a few times,most memorably at some anti-vivisection fundraiser all-dayer at the hummingbird along with a band I really wish I could remember the name of.
This band's most well-known song was asbestos, lead, asbestos. But what sticks in my mind is a cover they did of an L L Cool J tune,
the drumming was absolutely brilliant - really fucking tight, hip-hop beats on an acoustic kit. Totally impressed me at the time.
edit: google! the band was World Domination Enterprises.
I have been really getting back to the 80s the last couple of weeks. But it seems to have very little to do with the consensus recall of the media. Strange.
(This band's most well-known song was asbestos, lead, asbestos. But what sticks in my mind is a cover they did of an L L Cool J tune,
the drumming was absolutely brilliant - really fucking tight, hip-hop beats on an acoustic kit. Totally impressed me at the time.
edit: google! the band was World Domination Enterprises.
I have been really getting back to the 80s the last couple of weeks. But it seems to have very little to do with the consensus recall of the media. Strange.
4Q just lurking,
Sun 1 May 2011, 2:37,
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Did you ever hear the 'commercial suicide' Talk Talk records,Spirit of Eden (87, I think) and Laughing Stock (which, OK, might have been 90/91)?
They're staggeringly good, quite unlike anything else at all.
Largely only listened to by serious musicians, which is a pity, because serious musicians are shit with music.
(They're staggeringly good, quite unlike anything else at all.
Largely only listened to by serious musicians, which is a pity, because serious musicians are shit with music.
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 1 May 2011, 3:06,
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No.Was it you that mentioned talk talk the other night?
I only remember their eponymous record - I'll look into those others.
30th anniversary of On-U sounds this year, btw, interview with Adrian Sherwood here:
thequietus.com/articles/06115-adrian-sherwood-interview
Don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to a summer of unrest.
(I only remember their eponymous record - I'll look into those others.
30th anniversary of On-U sounds this year, btw, interview with Adrian Sherwood here:
thequietus.com/articles/06115-adrian-sherwood-interview
Don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to a summer of unrest.
4Q just lurking,
Sun 1 May 2011, 3:20,
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They're quiet slow-burners. But in-fucking-credibly good.But respect to On-U and all that - they did a a load of cultural good for not much reward - but it does drive me back to 70s dub.
Which, in a way, contradicts my previous argument about making cheap records sound good in the 1980s!
Sonically, my favourite 80s record is 'Psycho Candy', which cleverly side-stepped the shortcomings of contemporary cheap recording technology.
Summer of unrest? Good on 'em for trying.
And, haha, I've avoided The Quietus since I pitched an article about 'the under-discovered Van Morrison' to its Editor, he told me I didn't understand what the website was about,
and we had quite an eventually unpleasant email exchange.
(Which, in a way, contradicts my previous argument about making cheap records sound good in the 1980s!
Sonically, my favourite 80s record is 'Psycho Candy', which cleverly side-stepped the shortcomings of contemporary cheap recording technology.
Summer of unrest? Good on 'em for trying.
And, haha, I've avoided The Quietus since I pitched an article about 'the under-discovered Van Morrison' to its Editor, he told me I didn't understand what the website was about,
and we had quite an eventually unpleasant email exchange.
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 1 May 2011, 3:35,
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Goodness me,old farts convention in full effect here.
My friend got Never Understand and filled up both sides of a c90 with it.
Happily listened to it all more than once.
I still have the album on vinyl...
(My friend got Never Understand and filled up both sides of a c90 with it.
Happily listened to it all more than once.
I still have the album on vinyl...
4Q just lurking,
Sun 1 May 2011, 3:43,
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sorry about the edit lag so far tonight, btw.I'm in "and another thing!" mode.
( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 1 May 2011, 3:48,
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According to the World Service just now,you can't blame being old.
New research shows that our brains keep improving well into middle age and the megdullah (sp?) tends to less favour negative responses and focuses on positive responses.
Vague, I know, but I was only half-listening.
(New research shows that our brains keep improving well into middle age and the megdullah (sp?) tends to less favour negative responses and focuses on positive responses.
Vague, I know, but I was only half-listening.
4Q just lurking,
Sun 1 May 2011, 4:03,
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I fucking hope they're right.Maybe one day I'll be able to step out of the front door and resume my 'career'. Or what's left of it.
( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 1 May 2011, 4:13,
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